US issues ‘wrongful detention’ risk warning for travellers to Hong Kong
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/21/us-issues-wrongful-detention-risk-warning-for-travellers-to-hong-kong/
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US issues ‘wrongful detention’ risk warning for travellers to Hong Kong
The US State Department has listed Hong Kong as one of the places where Americans are at risk of wrongful detention as it introduces a new risk indicator for its travel advisories. Travellers arriv…
Hong Kong’s equality watchdog seeks to mediate student complaint over school’s ban on long hair
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/21/hong-kongs-equality-watchdog-seeks-to-mediate-student-complaint-over-schools-ban-on-long-hair/
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Hong Kong’s equality watchdog seeks to mediate student complaint over school’s ban on long hair
Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has said it is seeking to mediate between a male secondary school student and their school, after the teenager complained that they were pressured into cutting their long hair. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, 17-year-old Nathan…
HSBC Qianhai Securities sets up Communist Party committee – report
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HSBC Qianhai Securities sets up Communist Party committee – report
HSBC has become the first foreign lender in China to set up a Chinese Communist Party committee in an in-country investment banking venture, the Financial Times reported Thursday. HSBC Qianhai Secu…
‘Bullying act’: Hong Kong slams US politicians’ calls for sanctions on gov’t prosecutors trying political cases
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/bullying-act-hong-kong-slams-us-politicians-calls-for-sanctions-on-govt-prosecutors-trying-political-cases/
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‘Bullying act’: Hong Kong slams US politicians’ calls for sanctions on gov’t prosecutors trying political cases
Hong Kong authorities have slammed US politicians’ call for sanctions on government prosecutors presiding over court cases related to politics, condemning the move as an “unreasonable b…
LGBT activist Jimmy Sham launches legal bid to make Hong Kong recognise same-sex couples married overseas
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/lgbt-activist-jimmy-sham-launches-legal-bid-to-make-hong-kong-recognise-same-sex-couples-married-overseas/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/lgbt-activist-jimmy-sham-launches-legal-bid-to-make-hong-kong-recognise-same-sex-couples-married-overseas/
Is it legal for Hong Kong to make you pay for Covid-19 hotel quarantine?
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/is-it-legal-for-hong-kong-to-make-you-pay-for-covid-19-hotel-quarantine/
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Is it legal for Hong Kong to make you pay for Covid-19 hotel quarantine?
My interest in the government’s quarantine and isolation policies was, I confess, academic. That is until the soft knocking on mortality’s door became louder and got the better of me. I…
Hong Kong gov’t to refund HK$147K fee for hanging China flags on lampposts, hours after leader John Lee’s request
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/hong-kong-govt-to-refund-hk147k-fee-for-hanging-china-flags-on-lampposts-hours-after-leader-john-lees-request/
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Hong Kong gov’t to refund HK$147K fee for hanging China flags on lampposts, hours after leader John Lee’s request
A group who applied to hang Chinese national flags on lampposts over multiple highways in Hong Kong last year will see fees totalling HK$147,000 refunded by the Highways Department, following instr…
Scholar casts doubt on Hong Kong gov’t plan to ‘standardise’ dissemination of Covid-19 messaging
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/scholar-casts-doubt-on-hong-kong-govt-plan-to-standardise-dissemination-of-covid-19-messaging/
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Scholar casts doubt on Hong Kong gov’t plan to ‘standardise’ dissemination of Covid-19 messaging
A medical scholar has cast doubt on a government plan to “standardise” the dissemination of Covid-19 information by its panel of expert advisers. It comes after Hong Kong’s health…
Another ex-care home worker jailed for 5 months and 8 weeks for abusing 3 children in a day
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Another ex-care home worker jailed for 5 months and 8 weeks for abusing 3 children in a day
A 56-year-old former childcare worker was sentenced to five months and eight weeks in jail on Friday after she pleaded guilty to abusing three children last year. Lam Mei-po, an ex-employee of Chil…
‘Unfair and racist’: Chair of Macau domestic workers’ union slams gov’t order for all Filipinos to take Covid-19 tests
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/22/unfair-and-racist-chair-of-macau-domestic-workers-union-slams-govt-order-for-all-filipinos-to-take-covid-19-tests/
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‘Unfair and racist’: Chair of Macau domestic workers’ union slams gov’t order for all Filipinos to take Covid-19 tests
A domestic workers’ union has denounced the Macau government’s order for all Filipinos in the city to undergo daily Covid-19 tests, calling it discriminatory. Jassy Santos, the chairperson of the Progressive Labour Union of Domestic Workers in Macau, told…
Hong Kong school sector will see ‘major shock’ if complaint against ban on long hair upheld, teachers’ group claims
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/23/hong-kong-school-sector-will-see-major-shock-if-complaint-against-ban-on-long-hair-upheld-teachers-group-claims/
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Hong Kong school sector will see ‘major shock’ if complaint against ban on long hair upheld, teachers’ group claims
Hong Kong’s school sector will see a “major shock” if the city’s equality watchdog upholds a complaint from a secondary school student over a ban on long hair, the vice-chief of a pro-Beijing teachers’ group has said. Tang Fei of the Hong Kong Federation…
Crowds still flock to Hong Kong’s book fair but ‘sensitive’ topics are absent
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/23/crowds-still-flock-to-hong-kongs-book-fair-but-sensitive-topics-are-absent/
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Crowds still flock to Hong Kong’s book fair but ‘sensitive’ topics are absent
Hong Kong’s annual book fair is under way, with volumes about Chinese leader Xi Jinping prominently on display at the entrance but an absence of publications on more controversial events in Beijing’s history. Crowds flocked to the opening day at the Hong…
Swine fever: Hong Kong’s peckish porkers prompt a pointless crackdown
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/23/swine-fever-hong-kongs-peckish-porkers-prompt-a-pointless-crackdown/
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Swine fever: Hong Kong’s peckish porkers prompt a pointless crackdown
You would think our leaders were aware that the last thing Hong Kong needs at the moment is another piece of vague, indiscriminate legislation which will provide a whole new plethora of opportuniti…
China’s ‘ecological civilisation’ – a large-scale form of greenwashing?
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/23/chinas-ecological-civilisation-a-large-scale-form-of-greenwashing/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/23/chinas-ecological-civilisation-a-large-scale-form-of-greenwashing/
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China’s ‘ecological civilisation’ – a large-scale form of greenwashing?
The dramatic rise in China’s economy since the 1980s has been matched by an equally dramatic rise in pollution and habitat destruction. Nobody knows this better than the millions of people in China…
‘Private rebellion’: Hong Kong’s anglophone poets gain recognition abroad
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/24/private-rebellion-hong-kongs-anglophone-poets-gain-recognition-abroad/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/24/private-rebellion-hong-kongs-anglophone-poets-gain-recognition-abroad/
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‘Private rebellion’: Hong Kong’s anglophone poets gain recognition abroad
By Holmes Chan As a teenager stuck in Hong Kong’s pressure-cooker school system, Eric Yip found his escape in writing poetry — never dreaming that one day his work would go on to win a …
Mementos of a vanished Hong Kong pile up at vintage second-hand store amid emigration wave
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/24/mementos-of-a-vanished-hong-kong-pile-up-at-vintage-second-hand-store-amid-emigration-wave/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/24/mementos-of-a-vanished-hong-kong-pile-up-at-vintage-second-hand-store-amid-emigration-wave/
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Mementos of a vanishing Hong Kong pile up at vintage second-hand store amid emigration wave
Rows of Matchbox cars line the shelves of a nondescript shop on a busy Sham Shui Po street. A rack displays magazines of yesteryear in one corner, while commemorative MTR tickets and Ronald McDonald Happy Meal toys jostle for space in another. On a July afternoon…
Hong Kong police demand removal of ‘sensitive’ items citing security law, pro-democracy café claims
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/hong-kong-police-demand-removal-of-sensitive-items-citing-security-law-pro-democracy-cafe-claims/
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Hong Kong police demand removal of ‘sensitive’ items citing security law, pro-democracy café claims
A Hong Kong café known for being sympathetic to the 2019 extradition bill protests has claimed that the police asked them to remove “sensitive” items from the shop, citing potential violations of the Beijing-imposed national security law. Not One Less Coffee…
Hong Kong MTR questioned over death of 66-year-old man found unconscious in Hung Hom station toilet
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/hong-kong-mtr-questioned-over-death-of-66-year-old-man-found-unconscious-in-hung-hom-station-toilet/
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Hong Kong MTR questioned over death of 66-year-old man found unconscious in Hung Hom station toilet
Family members of a 66-year-old man who was found unconscious in an MTR toilet and later died have raised questioned over the transit firm’s procedures and requested a full investigation. The…
Covid-19: Taxis may now take Hong Kong arrivals to quarantine hotels; gov’t trials extended pre-flight health forms
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/covid-19-taxis-may-now-take-hong-kong-arrivals-to-quarantine-hotels-govt-trials-extended-pre-flight-health-forms/
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Covid-19: Taxis may now take Hong Kong arrivals to quarantine hotels; gov’t trials extended pre-flight health forms
Those arriving in Hong Kong can now hire designated taxis to take them to their quarantine hotels, the government has announced. Meanwhile, from Thursday, all inbound travellers will be asked to co…
University of Hong Kong makes national security law course a mandatory graduation requirement
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/university-of-hong-kong-makes-national-security-law-course-a-mandatory-graduation-requirement/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/university-of-hong-kong-makes-national-security-law-course-a-mandatory-graduation-requirement/
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University of Hong Kong makes national security law course a mandatory graduation requirement
Undergraduate students at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will have to take an introductory course on the Beijing-imposed national security law in order to graduate. According to an email sent to…
Hong Kong national security arrests exceed 200; deception cases soar in first half of 2022
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/hong-kong-national-security-arrests-exceed-200-deception-cases-soar-in-first-half-of-2022/
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/25/hong-kong-national-security-arrests-exceed-200-deception-cases-soar-in-first-half-of-2022/
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Hong Kong national security arrests exceed 200; deception cases soar in first half of 2022
The number of people arrested by the Hong Kong police in connection with national security crimes has exceeded 200, as the city saw a significant increase in deception cases during the first half o…